Syracuse, NY - Onondaga County officials are preparing to borrow nearly $10 million for a major upgrade of the county’s computer systems, pending approval from the county Legislature June 1.

The Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday approved a resolution to issue $9.89 million in bonds to pay for the installation of new hardware and software to manage the county’s finances, personnel records and other functions. A two-thirds majority of the full Legislature must approve the resolution before the bonds can be issued.

County officials want to install a system based on Oracle Corp.’s PeopleSoft software to replace mainframe computer systems that date back to the late 1970s and 1980s. The project would take three years to complete, said Kenneth Beam, chief information officer.

County officials plan to make the PeopleSoft platform available to towns and villages.